Patrick Cole lives in Barcelona and holds a Master’s degree in nautical archaeology. “ABBA, Saturn V, and Your Own Personal French Revolution” is adapted from his manuscript, Notes from a Latchkey Child: How the 1970s Greenlighted My Crazy Childhood, a cultural investigation of the 1970s and a memoir of an offbeat upbringing. His work was published recently in The Boston Globe and his novel Gemini was short-listed for the Dzanc Books Prize for Fiction. His stories and poetry have appeared in numerous publications and twice been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.